[luso_brazilian]

"Need" is too of a strong word. People doesn't need a $80,000 car that can go from 0-60 miles per hour in 1.9 seconds in a country whose max highway speed is around 75mph but they buy it anyway when they can afford it.

[dsfyu404ed]

Highway traffic speed on a clear day not during rush hour = speed limit + speeding amount required to get a misdemeanor - 1-2mph.

Consequently there's lots of semi-limited access state highways that have the occasional stop light and 45-55mph speed limits giving you plenty of opportunities to enjoy fast 0-60 acceleration. Also, the ability to just move left and almost instantly be going 30+mph faster is great when the person in front of you insists on merging at 35mph (you can go around them WITHOUT cutting someone else off). Or if you are that 35mph merger you can take your sweet ass time finding the perfect spot and then just step on it and merge without the guy you merged in front of (who's probably going 70+mph) having to tap their brakes.

Yes, it's a luxury but the capability is more useful day to day than most people think.

[temporallobe]

Un, speak for yourself...I SO MUCH need a car that'll do 0-60 in 1.9 seconds. If you can find a car in that price range that can actually do that, please let me know.

[pasbesoin]

Don't the 100K-ish Teslas, in monster mode or whatever it is, get within a few tenths of a second of this? 2.3 seems to stick in my mind, for some reason. Maybe even 2.2 or 2.1 .

And that was a year or more ago.

[dagoat]

Ludicrous mode. And you can't get 1.9 for 80k. That is ludicrous. P100D is ~135k starting. Off the top of my head a Z06 will do just under 3 and you can pick them up for <=80k new

[berbec]

FatF taught us all you need is a 9-speed FWD DSM.

[paulie_a]

The speed limit is not a limit but variable. It's what you can get away with considering the conditions and surroundings. On I40 through Texas I was getting passed going 90.